Guy Tillim

South African · b. 1962 · Photographer

Guy Tillim is a South African photographer known for his work focusing on troubled regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. A member of the country's white minority, Tillim was born in… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Guy Tillim, Leopold and Mobutu #8: the remains of Mobutu Sese Seko's palace at Gbadolite, diptych, 2003, archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paperLeopold and Mobutu #8: the remains of Mobutu Sese Seko's palace at Gbadolite, diptychStrauss & Co · ZAR 170,520≈ $14,624≈ £10,419≈ €11,733Sign up to see
  2. Guy Tillim, Leopold and Mobutu series #12, diptych, archival pigment ink on 300g cotton paperLeopold and Mobutu series #12, diptychStrauss & Co · ZAR 125,180≈ $8,422≈ £6,464≈ €7,768Sign up to see
  3. Guy Tillim, Kunhinga Portraits: Eugenia Namukundu and Rafaela Catimba, 2003, pigment print on 300g cotton paperKunhinga Portraits: Eugenia Namukundu and Rafaela CatimbaStrauss & Co · ZAR 79,576≈ $6,824≈ £4,862≈ €5,475Sign up to see

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Guy Tillim is a South African photographer known for his work focusing on troubled regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. A member of the country's white minority, Tillim was born in Johannesburg in 1962. He graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1983, and he also spent time at the Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg. His photographs and projects have been exhibited internationally and form the basis of several of Tillim's published books.

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Born 1962, JohannesburgOccupation PhotographerWikidata Q830505 ↗ULAN 500346932 ↗

In the collections of

TateMuseum of Modern ArtNational Gallery of CanadaNational Museum of World CulturesNetherlands Photo MuseumSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtWereldmuseum Rotterdam

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Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), MoMA collection data (CC0), Tate collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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